The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include UCSF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

Ebix is a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce to the insurance, financial and health care industries. A.D.A.M. is a business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health portals, health care, biomedical device, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.

As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include UCSF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

Ebix is a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce to the insurance, financial and health care industries. A.D.A.M. is a business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health portals, health care, biomedical device, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.

As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

Audio Companion for SESAP® 16

Hosted by John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, MMA

Explore practical approaches and solutions to common general surgery challenges with this dynamic audio “how-to” covering all 14 SESAP® 16 categories.

If your primary viewing mode will be on a computer or tablet, we recommend the Online Video package. In addition to online access, you will receive a USB with MP4 files. Use the USB to watch offline or import into iTunes and other media players and then synch to your mobile device, laptop or desktop. Plus you save $130 including standard shipping charges vs the DVD package.

Effective Learn-by-Listening Resource

Your host, SESAP Medical Director John A. Wiegelt, MD, DVM, MMA, leads a sharply focused discussion of urgent clinical issues in each of the 14 key SESAP categories. Interviewees are SESAP authors, so you are assured of the deﬁnitive word from authoritative sources. Discussion topics are chosen for timeliness, clinical signiﬁcance and educational value, and include:

Head and Neck

Breast

Alimentary Tract

Abdomen

Vascular

Endocrine

Trauma

Perioperative Care

Surgical Critical Care

Problems in Related Specialties

Oncology

Skin and Soft Tissue

Legal, Ethics

Patient Safety/Systems of Care

Convenient Surgery Review and CME

With its efficient, to-the-point audio format, companion booklet and self-assessment exams, Audio Companion for SESAP 16 is tailored to ﬁt your schedule. Listen at home, at work, while you commute — even during your daily workout. Plus, you can earn up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™.

Audio Samples

Trauma Sample Audio

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Breast Sample Audio

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Abdomen Sample Audio

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Quick Facts

Provider: American College of Surgeons

Host:John A Weigelt, MD, DVM, MMAProfessor of Surgery and Chief of theDivision of Trauma and Critical CareMedical College of WisconsinMadison, WI

Credits: Earn up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™

Head and Neck

Breast

Alimentary Tract

Abdomen

Vascular

Endocrine

Trauma

Perioperative Care

Surgical Critical Care

Problems in Related Specialties

Oncology

Skin and Soft Tissue

Legal, Ethics

Patient Safety/Systems of Care

Moderator

John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, MMA

Professor of Surgery and Chief of

the Division of Trauma and Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Faculty

Category 1 - Head and Neck

John B. Hanks, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Head, Division of General Surgery

Department of Surgery

UVA Health System

Charlottesville, VA

Category 2 - Breast

David Brenin, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

UVA Health System

Charlottesville, VA

Tari A. King, MD, FACS

Chief of Breast Surgery

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

Boston, MA

John T. Vetto, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Category 3 - Alimentary Tract

Jason B. Fleming, MD, FACS

Professor

Department of Surgical Oncology

U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Charles M. Friel, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

UVA Health System

Charlottesville, VA

David A. Gerber, MD, FACS

Professor and Chief

Division of Transplantation

UNC Department of Surgery

UNC School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

David J. Milia, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

John T. Paige, MD, FACS

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Department of Surgery

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

Category 4 - Abdomen

Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

William W. Turner, Jr., MD, FACS

Professor

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Daniel Vargo, MD, FACS

Professor, Department of Surgery

University of Utah School of Medicine

Salt Lake City, UT

Travis Webb, MD, MHPE, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Associate Dean for Curriculum

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Category 5 - Vascular System

Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology

Program Director, General Surgery

Program Director, Surgical Critical Care

St Louis University

St Louis, MO

Category 6 - Endocrine

Dina M. Elaraj, MD, FACS

Associate Professor

Northwestern University

Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Category 7 - Trauma

COL Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS

Chief of Metabolic and Advanced

Laparoscopic Surgery

Tripler Army Medical Center

Honolulu, HI

David A. Spain, MD, FACS

Ned and Carol Speaker Professor and

Chief of Acute Care Surgery

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

James G. Tyburski, MD, FACS

Chief of Surgery

Detroit Receiving Hospital

Detroit, MI

Category 8 - Perioperative Care

David C. Borgstrom, MD, FACS

Chief of General Surgery

Department of Surgery

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Lorrie A. Langdale, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

University of Washington

Chief, General Surgery

Director of Surgical ICU

Seattle VA Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Walter E. Pofahl II, MD, FACS

Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Lance E. Stuke, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

LSU Department of Surgery

New Orleans, LA

Category 9 - Surgical Critical Care

Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Lena Marie Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM

Massey Foundation Professor of Surgery

Director, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Division of Acute Care Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Category 10 - Problems in Related Specialties

David A. Bull, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Casey M. Calkins, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Richard P.M. Koehler, MD, FACS

General and Thoracic Surgeon

Mammoth Hospital

Mammoth Lakes, CA

Category 11 - Oncology

David G. Sheldon, MD, FACS

Kalispell Regional Healthcare Surgical Specialist

Kalispell, MT

Category 12 - Skin and Soft Tissue

Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS

Professor

Director, University of Washington Medicine

Regional Burn Center

University of Washington Department of Surgery

Seattle, WA

Category 13 - Legal/Ethics

Mary E. Fallat, MD, FACS

Hirikati S. Nagaraj Professor of Surgery

Hiram C. Polk, Jr. Department of Surgery

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Category 14 - Patient Safety/Systems of Care

John T. Paige, MD, FACS

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Department of Surgery

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

Release Date: January 31, 2017

Credit Expiration Date: January 31, 2020

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Assess the current state of their knowledge of surgery and surgical conditions

Apply new problem-solving skills to improve the health of their patients

Apply this learning as a helpful experience in preparing for recertification examinations

Note:Audio Companion for SESAP 16 is not a recitation of the SESAP 16 Print Syllabus. It is a collection of interviews with SESAP 16 authors and other experts that cover the key areas of the SESAP 16 Print Syllabus, and provides expert guidance on how to use the information in practice.

Intended Audience

General surgeons and surgery residents

Online Audio + USB

Listen anytime, anywhere, on virtually any reliable internet-connected device (some connections may not provide optimal results), simply log in and listen to as much as you want — no downloading necessary. You will also receive a USB drive with MP3 audio files that can be synced to other mobile devices.

Audio MP3 CDs

MP3 format audio discs that allow you to listen to lectures in your car, on your computer, or at home. The discs can be played on devices that are MP3 compatible. Traditional format audio CDs for older vehicles or a USB drive containing the audio MP3s use can be purchased by calling our customer service team at 800-633-4743.